public int compare(@ParametricNullness T a, @ParametricNullness T b) {
    return comparator.compare(a, b);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean equals(@Nullable Object object) {
    if (object == this) {
      return true;
    }
    if (object instanceof ComparatorOrdering) {
      ComparatorOrdering<?> that = (ComparatorOrdering<?>) object;
      return this.comparator.equals(that.comparator);
    }
    return false;
  }

    }

    @Override
    public Object getAsObject(final String value) {
        if (StringUtil.isEmpty(value)) {
            return null;
        }
        return DateConversionUtil.toSqlDate(value, pattern);
    }

    @Override
    public String getAsString(final Object value) {
        if (value == null) {
            return null;
        }

@Deprecated(since = "4.0.0")
public interface ToolchainPrivate extends Toolchain {

    /**
     * Let the toolchain decide if it matches requirements defined
     * in the toolchain plugin configuration.
     * @param requirements Map<String, String> key value pair, may not be {@code null}
     * @return {@code true} if the requirements match, otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean matchesRequirements(Map<String, String> requirements);

#define TF_VALIDATE_STRUCT_SIZE(STRUCT_NAME, STRUCT_OBJ, SIZE_VALUE_NAME) \
  do {                                                                    \
    if (STRUCT_OBJ.struct_size == 0) {                                    \
      return tensorflow::Status(absl::StatusCode::kFailedPrecondition,    \
                                "Expected initialized `" #STRUCT_NAME     \

        rangeMap.put(range1, 1);
        rangeMap.put(range2, 2);

        Range<Integer> expected;
        if (range1.isEmpty()) {
          if (range2.isEmpty()) {
            expected = null;
          } else {
            expected = range2;
          }
        } else {
          if (range2.isEmpty()) {
            expected = range1;
          } else {
            expected = range1.span(range2);

**FastAPI** is all based on these type hints, they give it many advantages and benefits.

But even if you never use **FastAPI**, you would benefit from learning a bit about them.

/// note

If you are a Python expert, and you already know everything about type hints, skip to the next chapter.

///

## Motivation { #motivation }

        assertArgumentNotEmpty("path", path);
        assertArgumentNotEmpty("encoding", encoding);

        final URL url = ResourceUtil.getResource(path);
        if (url.getProtocol().equals("file")) {
            return readText(URLUtil.toFile(url), encoding);
        }
        final InputStream is = URLUtil.openStream(url);
        try {

| `version` | `string` | The version of the API. This is the version of your own application, not of OpenAPI. For example `2.5.0`. |
| `terms_of_service` | `str` | A URL to the Terms of Service for the API. If provided, this has to be a URL. |

  private static int saturatedCast(BigInteger big) {
    if (big.compareTo(MAX_INT) > 0) {
      return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
    }
    if (big.compareTo(MIN_INT) < 0) {
      return Integer.MIN_VALUE;
    }
    return big.intValue();
  }

  private void assertOperationEquals(int a, int b, String op, int expected, int actual) {
    if (expected != actual) {

        final Map<String, String> configParams = crawlingConfig.getConfigParameterMap(ConfigName.CONFIG);
        final String crawlOrder = configParams.getOrDefault(CrawlingConfig.Param.Config.CRAWL_ORDER, ORDER_SEQUENTIAL);
        if (ORDER_RANDOM.equals(crawlOrder)) {
            return getList(OpenSearchUrlQueue.class, sessionId,
                    QueryBuilders.functionScoreQuery(QueryBuilders.matchAllQuery(),